Rega Wins Two "Best of 2025" Awards from Sound Advice
Posted by The Sound Organisation on Oct 10th 2025
As 2025 comes to a close and people begin to look for those special gifts that will wow the special people in their life, the annual Best Of awards are rolling in. Sound Advise recently published their list of the Best Audio/Visual Products of the year and Rega has two winners for 2025!
Best Turntable and Record Player: Rega Planar 3 RS
The Rega Planar 3 RS edition launched this year to great acclaim. Audiophiles and reviewers alike were in love with the "Rega Special" verson of the perrennial favorite Planar 3. Upgraded with a brand-new aluminum body, the Planar 3 RS offered the stiffest plinth that Rega has ever made at this level. Combined with a custom-matched Neo Mk2 Power Supply, Reference EBLT drive belt, and the new Nd5 neodymium moving magnet cartridge, the Planar 3 RS offered Rega's newest advancements at a price-point that enticed everyone.
Everybody loves a bargain, and we’re no exception. In spec terms alone, the Planar 3 RS would count as a bargain - you get more than £1000-worth of product included with the RS, and that doesn’t even take into account its unique plinth. But it’s the way the Rega sounds that makes it a true value champion - this is a Rega turntable through and through, but it’s more capable, more involving and more compelling a device than the standard Planar 3 on which it is based. No other turntable near the price delivers the performance this one does.
Planar 3 RS Wins Best Turntable of 2025
Sound Advice's Review of the Planar 3 RS
View the Planar 3 RS and Find a Retailer Near You
Best Amplifier: Rega Brio Mk7
The well-loved Rega Brio amplifier also got an upgrade this year. Rega has had some major advancement in their internal electronics, and the Brio was ripe for a new generation. Delivering 50 W per channel into 8Ω and 72 W per channel into 4Ω in a compact package, the Brio MK7 provides ample power for most home systems. New for this model, the Brio Mk7 now features an integral DAC with two digital inputs that offer the flexibility today's listeners desire. All while keeping the sound quality at the forefront and the price attainable.
The Brio mk7 is absolutely everything that Rega knows about making amplifiers, condensed into a package that gives you absolutely everything that you need and nothing that you don’t. There’s nothing truly radical in terms of the engineering or specification -but you won’t care, because it delivers musical satisfaction in spades. If you have a turntable in particular, no other amp under a grand can deliver the sheer engagement that this Rega can.
Brio Mk7 Wins Best Amplifier of 2025
Sound Advice's Review of the Brio Mk7
View the Brio Mk7 and Find a Retailer Near You
Congrats to Rega Research on two outstanding products in Sound Advice's Best of 2025 awards!